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Alpine: heimdal: security update to 7.5.0-r4

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 404874

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

 - A flaw was found in samba's Heimdal KDC implementation, versions 4.8.x up to, excluding 4.8.12, 4.9.x up
 to, excluding 4.9.8 and 4.10.x up to, excluding 4.10.3, when used in AD DC mode. A man in the middle
 attacker could use this flaw to intercept the request to the KDC and replace the user name (principal) in
 the request with any desired user name (principal) that exists in the KDC effectively obtaining a ticket
 for that principal. (CVE-2018-16860)

 - In the client side of Heimdal before 7.6.0, failure to verify anonymous PKINIT PA-PKINIT-KX key exchange
 permits a man-in-the-middle attack. This issue is in krb5_init_creds_step in lib/krb5/init_creds_pw.c.
 (CVE-2019-12098)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-16860

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-12098

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 404874

Version: Revision 1.24

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 3/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16860

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16860, CVE-2019-12098

BID: 108332